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Things to do in Venice, Veneto: The Best Historic Sites
With its gondolas, canals, amazing restaurants, and unforgettable romantic ambiance, Venice is definitely a city for one's bucket list. Waterfront palazzos, palaces, and churches make drifting down the Grand Canal feel like cruising through a painting. To really experience Venice you must go to the opera or to a classical music performance, nibble fresh pasta and pastries, and linger in the exhibit halls of an art gallery. Label lovers will drool over the high-end shopping in Piazza San Marco.
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1. Palazzo Vitturi
2. Arsenale di Venezia
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4.5 based on 967 reviews
In 1473, the Senate in Venice ordered the building of the Arsenale Nuovissino, in order to have a safe shed to store weapons and boats that would always be available in case of war.
Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom
One of the two main venues for the Biennale the Arsenale comes alive with a huge variety of international contemporary art. In many ways the immense volumes of the former industrial buildings provide more flexible spaces for showing innovative art installations than the static pavilions in the Giardini. There are also external installations on the dockside and a free shuttle water bus taking visitors across to the other part of the Arsenale which has exhibitions related to the Biennale and Lorenzo Quinn's amazing sculptural installation 'Building Bridges'. All this of course will disappear when the Biennale closes at the end of November.
3. Chiesa di San Zaccaria
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4.5 based on 636 reviews
Reviewed By saibot - Huntersville, United States
We stumbled upon this place after coming back from Murano via the boat dock of the same name. Nice square to get a little bit of breathing room. Lots of good dining options around there too! The church itself was very interesting, & a great no cost attraction to see some amazing architecture & art. Worth the visit!
4. Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo)
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4.5 based on 962 reviews
Reviewed By massimoswitz - Opfikon, Switzerland
Beautiful and large basilica in Italian Gothic style, where there are monuments of various Venetian doges and a masterpiece by Bellini, not to forget the stained glass window with Murano glass.
5. Vera da Pozzo
6. Case della Marinaressa
7. Palazzo Dandolo
8. Palazzo delle Prigioni
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4.5 based on 34 reviews
Reviewed By planetogra - Tewantin, Australia
After your traipsing around the Doge's Palace & its gilt & plush furnishings, a trip across the Bridge Of Sighs ( Ponte dei Sospiri ) to Palazzo delle Prigioni ( The new prisons ) is an absolute must. The atmosphere is heavy with judgement & the cells are cold & damp you would expect. Ventilation would be the thing I would miss most & of course a view of the sky or really anywhere outside ... doesn't bare considering for long. The significance of the Bridge of Sighs is about the last chance prisoners would get of the world which could be taken away from them. For all the glamour & opulence of the Doges Palace, The Prigioni left a much more embedded impression on us.
9. Palazzo Gritti Badoer
10. Palazzo Ruzzini Priuli
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